Story+2000-06-04+Atlanta,+GA

´´(sings ‘Take Me to the River’) that’s right....oh, that´s right....that’s where I wanna go tonight....I wanna go to that riverside....I wanna go to that river of life....and I wanna go to that river of faith....and of hope....I wanna find that river of joy....and that river of happiness ....I wanna go to that river of transformation where we can go there and we can be changed ....I wanna find that river of resurrection ....where everybody gets a second chance....and I wanna find that river of sexual healing....and companionship....let the healing begin....that´s where I wanna go tonight.....and I want you to go with me....because I need to go with you ....that´s why I´m here....that´s why we´re here because you can´t get there by yourself....you think that you can but in the end you can´t get to those things....you can´t reach those things on your own....you´ve got to have help....that´s why tonight, I´m here tonight for a rock and roll baptism....that´s right....I wanna wash you in those waters....and I wanna set you free again.....and I wanna set myself free again....but one night I stood, as a young man, one evening before a dark grove of trees one evening and I was frightened to pass through those trees, just like a, just like a small child is....and I stood there paralyzed even though I knew that on the other side was the river of life and cold beer at a reasonable price.....but I couldn´t move.....and a gypsy woman called me forward and she said ´Son, what you need, what kind of work do you do ?´ and I told her and she said ´What you need, Son, is you need some help to get through these trees....what you need is, Son, is you need a band....oh, but not just any band´....I wanna introduce tonight, on the piano, Secretary of intelligence, Professor Roy Bittan....I wanna introduce you, on the guitar, the Minister of faith and friendship, keeper of all that is righteous on E Street and star of the ´Sopranos´-television show....Little Steven on the guitar....on the bass guitar, Mr.Garry W.Tallent.....on drums, star of Late Night Television and the man that brings the power night after night after night, the Mighty, Mighty, Mighty, Mighty, Mighty Max.....on the guitar, the great Nils Lofgren....on the Hammond B-3 organ and accordion, Brother Dan Federici....well, now, I said I´m looking for my love now....I said I´m looking for my love now....I said I´m searching here and there, I´m searching everywhere, I said (crowd repeats) I said I´m searching here and there, I´m searching everywhere (crowd repeats)(Patti sings ´Rumble Doll´) First Lady of love, on guitar and vocals, Miss Patti Scialfa....thank you, baby....and now last but not least....last but not least....Minister of soul, Secretary of the brotherhood..... and if we lived in a righteous nation, the next president of the United States....drugs he´s done, sex he´s had and he plays better saxophone....do I have to say his name ?....do I have to say his name ? ...say who ? ....say who ?....say who ?....say who ?....say who ?....say who ? ....say who ?....say who ? ....say who ?....say who ?....”
 * 04.06.00 Atlanta, GA, middle of ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´**

´´Oh, thank you....this is uh....here´s for the folks that are with us tonight from the Atlanta Community Foodbank....they´re here in Atlanta and uh....they collect and distribute food to the grass roots agencies (?)....that assist struggling citizens of Atlanta, many, many people who....are not reached by the economy and they depend on the Atlanta Community Foodbank to supply their needs, give ´em a hand up....they deserve your time and your support....they´ll be out there in the lobby on the way out, stop by and give ´em a hand, they´d appreciate it, we´d appreciate it, this is for the folks from the Atlanta Community Foodbank.... ”
 * 04.06.00 Atlanta, GA, intro to ´No Surrender´**

´´Atlanta !....but everywhere I´ve gone I´ve seen people lost in confusion....lost in the wilderness....lost in bitterness....lost..... in loneliness....but tonight we´ve come thousands and thousands of miles on a search-and-rescue mission, that´s right, if you´ve been downhearted, disspirited, disgusted, dispossessed, downsized, stigmatised, fractionalised, factionalised, retropsychedelicized, Pokemonized....Republicanised....wo, it´s not too late to repent....I´m here tonight to re-educate you, to resuscitate, to regenerate, to recombobalate you, to reindoctrinate you, to resexualate you,to reliberate you with the power and the promise and the glory, with the majesty, with the mystery....with the ministry of rock and roll !....with the ministry of....now, unlike my competitors, I shall not, I will not, I can´t promise you life everlasting....but I can promise you life right now !....and all you´ve got to do is raise your hand and say ´I´....”
 * 04.06.00 Atlanta, Ga, middle of ´Light of Day´ **

´´I´m gone....I´m gone....I´m gone....I´m gone....I´m gone.....(Steve : ´Hey Boss, where you going ?´)....I´m gone with the wind !.....”
 * 04.06.00 Atlanta, Ga, middle of ´Ramrod´**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//